Receptacle supported stationary rest and wiper for milk cans



Apn] 28, 1953 P. P. PREVOST 2,636,205

RECEPTACLE SUPPORTED STATIONARY REST AND WIPER FOR MILK CANS Filed March 10, 1950 Inventor Kerry .P/z'lz'p Pre v0 .9 t

Patented Apr. 28, 1953 UNITED" STATES OFFICE RECEPTACLE SUPPORTED STATIONARY REST AND WIPER FOR MILK CANS Perry Philip Prevost, Attica, N. Y.

Application March 10, 1950,'Serial No. 148,840

1 This invention relates to a milk can wiping attachment for use with ice boxes, water vats or other large receptacles employed for holding large cans of milk and for maintaining the milk in a chilled condition.

It is customary to store milk in ice boxes or water cooling vats in large milk cans, usually of ten gallon capacity, until the milk is ready to be shipped from the dairy farm to the diary. Either due towater in the vat or due to condensation, theexterior ofsuch milk cans is usually in a very wet condition and as a result in manually lifting the cans from the vat or receptacle and in carrying the can to-a point to be loaded on the truck, the water from the can wets the front of the clothing of the person handling the can so that after thus handling a few cans of milk the front of the clothing of the handleris soaking wet.

Accordingly, it is a primary object of the pres-. ent invention to overcome this undesirable result occurring from the normal handling of milk cans and to additionally provide means which will afford a fulcrum for the can being removed from an ice box orvatto minimize the actual lifting force required to accomplish the removal of the canvwhile'at the same time wiping and drying approximately a. longitudinal half of the can which is nearest the handler so that when said can portion is held against the body it will be dry and will not wet the clothing.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a can wiping device of extremely simple construction which may be very economically manufactured and sold and which may be quick- 1y and easily mounted in either a water vat, ice box or other open top receptacle used for storing cans in a chilled condition.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing; illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein: I

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of an open top cooling vat or ice box and showing the ca wiper in end elevation mounted therein;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the vat or box showing the can wiper disposed therein;

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the wiper supporting bracket.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, for the purpose of illustrating a preferred applica- 3 Claims. (Cl. 15210) tion and use of the milk canwiper, designated generally 5 and comprising the invention, a conventional type of storage vat or open top receptacle is shown at 8 and which is adapted to contain a plurality oflarge milk cans 1 which are normally of a ten gallon capacity and which are maintained in a chilled condition in the vat-i by ice or a liquid cooling medium, not shown, soas to prevent souring of the milk with which the cans 1 are filled and while the cans are temporarily thus stored 1 until being shipped to a dairy. In removing the cans 1 from the vat 6 and in transporting them ordinarily a short distance to be loaded on a truck, it is customary and necessary to lift the cans by hand out of theopen top of the vat 6 and to manually carry the can to a point to be loaded on a truck. When thus manually carrying the can, part of the can rests against the front of the body of the carrier or handler and the water or condensationon the outer side of the canwets and very'quickly soaks the front of the clothing of the handler.

I The can wiper 5 provides a device of extremely simple construction which may be quickly and easily mounted in a water vat, ice box orother storage receptacle for milk cans and by means of which approximately one longitudinal half ofeach can is wiped as-it is withdrawn from the receptacle so that the wiped side of the can will be disposed adjacent the body of the handler to thus eliminate the undesirable result of wetting the clothing. Additionally,-thecan wiper functions as a'fulcrum for the can as itisremoved from the receptacle thus lessening the actual physical 'force' required to lift the can out of the receptacle. The can wiper 5 includesa supporting bracket, -de'signated generally 8 including a bar portion 9 which is disposed against the inner side of one wall of the vat 6 and which is secured thereto by suitable fastenings ID. The

bracket 8 also includes an elongated plate II which extends transversely of the bar- 9 and which isbowed throughout its length. The plate II has" an upper edge, the intermediate portion of which is formed integral with the upper end of the bar 9 and said plate II is disposed at acute angle to the bar 9 and at an oblique angle to the adjacent wall of the vat, so as to extend downwardly and inwardly of the vat 5, with respect to said bar 9, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3. The side of the plate I l remote to the bar 9 constitutes the concave side thereof and is adapted to bear against the outer, convex side of a longitudinally bowed channel member l2 which defines a segment less than one-half of a circle and which is secured to the intermediate portion of the plate II by a plurality of fastenings 13. The channel-shaped side of the channel member I2, which likewise constitutes its concave side, opens inwardly and upwardly with re- 5 spect to the vat 6 and contains a relatively thick strip 14 of a Wiping material such as rubber which extends from end-to-end of the channel member l vand whichris clamped; therein :and protrudes insm thesopen, concave! side iofi sai'd channel member l2. If desired, the wiping element I4 may extend slightly beyond the ends of the channel member l2. p

The bracket 8 is mounted on oneof-thewwalla of the vat 6 so that the channel member I2 I and wiping element l4 are disposed-abovwthe level of the tops of the cansg'l yet beneath' tha level of the open top of the vat so that" if the receptacle 6 constitutes an ice box hiavin'ga cover, the can wiper 5 'will not interfere with 20 oi rcontact the cover note/shown when/ inen: applied position. likewise -thecani wipes disposed sufficiently-above the cans sowassnot to? interfere with: the filling: of the: :vat 5* withtheicanor'l or the removal ofithemans therefromb It -wili be readilya apparent :that the right-- handtcane-i as illustrated inf "Figure-ll and whioh: disposedi GREGG-yr beneath the-wiper: 5* may; beinitia1ly grasped: by its-handles andvlitted:

upwardly; and slightlyv away from :th'e: wiper- 5" As said canr'l: is elevated toward its dotted line: position-of .Figure l. the ewiping element. i l-will: contactttire upper1portion of theeside' wall of: thee canand-saids: can -l may? them be-drawzr upwardly *atsansincline' aseillustrated -in dot-ted element-l hit -is liftedover the rim of. the-:vat

lhandeis :then: carrled -to arc-pointto be loadedon a:zjtruckr.- Ini carrying-Etna cani'lgiafitel removah frmmtha vat-fir; the:.-sider1 ofi thexcan .which has been wiped-r by, the wiping, element w -will berdisposed next tot-the bodyl-of -the handler 50 59) ae to prevent wetting-10f vthe clotl iing; Itawill' be-.:r'eadily; ap iiarent-- that the other-canal may? thereafterehe removed! in avsimila-r mannen imml thei vat :"Siaf-ter first beingedisplaced to a position: substantially beneath thewipen 5; Itavi-ll:

aIsoohef-apparentP that. the i wiper 5 im addition tan-wipingz a-tportion offithe canalsc functions amaefulcrumfor .rtheican ande supports ansubb stantialnpart of the weight thereof asthe: cam

islelevatedat am incline as-.illustratedt i-ndottedz eel linear in Figure 1. thereby? materially reducingi theemanual effort required. to :removamilk. cans: from=a=vat orireeeptacle v sinceawithout the wiper: li -each can. would: have: to -:be liftedvertically;

until it was at a sufiicient height to slide along a portion of the rim of the vat.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope or the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

-A milk cam wipei' comprising; a bracket adapted-tdbesecured to the inner siildotbne wall of a vat having a free end disposed at an oblique angle to the vat wall, an elongated channel member -secured-intermediate of its ends to the free er-nil-of Tthe bracket and supported thereby to open inwardly and upwardly with respect to the vau' saio channel member being longitudinally; bowed. from end to end thereof and defining a segment less than one half of a circle and having an inner concave side opening away from the bracket, and a wiping elementicom prisinga an elongated strip:-=cia1hp.et in the channel member and: having 'ai' portiom'ipro jectingi-tfrom litsiwinner concaveside and ext'nd inns from -end-j'to-endr thereof: including; a: conecavely arced inwardly and upwardly facing cam engaging; wiping ;surface;:said channelnmember andv wiping 1: elementi being adapted tii be pcrted-ibyethe bi acket' below an open: topi-of :the vat and ahove the -levelot milk cans contained withinathe vat whereby the-'1 cans :in' *billgl; re moved; from:the:-rvatizwilt':slide over the wipinni surfaco 'ior wiping ione sitle ofeac'h cam and? for. partially zsuppoi timgethie :weight ot: each :canv din ingi removalthereof fromntlie vatt 2i Air-.canawiper asi-in ola-im m Sdi'd chHmlBh member 5' and; wiping element-" beingcunvedu to: substantially conform: to i' the curvatime on the wal-lwof anmilh cam:

3. A can wiper as in claim 1, said 'blfiiikflt comprising: am elongated:longitudinalltir bowed plate: defihingz; the freer end thereoffl disposed against andltseeurie r toflthe ntezgrz.conven side ot the charmer; member andn anhar: extending; downwardly fllOmI the upper edge ands intii mediateiportiomofhsaid: piate atsazi' aoutecangle': thereto anti whioh is: adapted to" be disposed again'sir and .sc'curedi to tiie inn en 'side' ofi the vatiwallil.

Klingenndenwflrr Jan; 911.193? 

